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I would suspect that if something is exclusively on GitHub, then it's not important. There are many important Free Software projects such as GNU and Linux, and

by Meneth 1y ago

I would suspect that if something is exclusively on GitHub, then it's not important. There are many important Free Software projects such as GNU and Linux, and they've always stayed away from GitHub.

guappa 1y ago
I always get sad when I read articles like "new open source trend!" that are done by scanning github. All the important stuff is not on github. The open github is mostly used by unfinished test projects.
- maigret 1y ago
  Probably not fully wrong but Kubernetes and Node are both on GitHub.
  - bitbasher 1y ago
    There are important projects on GitHub. There are important projects not on GitHub. Both of these statements are true. The crux is in the former. Should important projects be on GitHub? Should any projects be on GitHub?
  - guappa 1y ago
    They're highly corporate projects though.
maigret 1y ago
How do you define the bar for importance? leftpad was certainly not deemed important by any means.